Photo 18: LBBG fuscus (?)adult, Scheveningen, October 03 2003, the Netherlands.

An adult LBBG with features of the nominate form fuscus. A very dark bird with delayed and arrested primary moult stage: P1 replaced and P2-P10 still old by early October. This is the ordinary moult stage for long-distance migrating fuscus. Clean white head, elongated rear end stressed by long wings.